J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ben Lomond from Luss 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ben Lomond from Luss’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Ben Lomond from Luss 1801
D04894
Turner Bequest LXXX A
Pencil and black chalk on white wove paper 353 x 481
Inscribed lower right ‘Voreppe’
Stamped in black ‘LXXX – A’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
On account of its inscription this sheet was assigned by Finberg to the first Continental tour, but David Hill has identified the subject as a view looking north from the west bank of Loch Lomond, at or near Luss.1 Compare the drawing in the 1801 Scotch Lakes sketchbook (Tate D02984, D41242; Turner Bequest LVI 37a–38), which is inscribed ‘Benlowman from Luss’.
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See Hill 1999, p.5.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Ben Lomond from Luss 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ben-lomond-from-luss-r1179833, accessed 25 April 2024.